New Music
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Vocalist Charmaine Lee’s New LP Speaks, Gargles, and Whimpers For Itself
The consistently fresh arc of "KNVF" offers a sense that it might have been recorded a hundred different ways—a testament to the value of being such a curious, permeable performer.
ReviewTAK Ensemble Reaches for the Cosmos
Taylor Brook’s "Star Maker Fragments" evoke the extraterrestrial.
ReviewHolland Andrews Phones It In
On the cusp of their EP release, the performance artist devises new ways of listening closely.
New MusicJudy Jackson’s "Superball" is a Robotic Dreamscape
In her robotic delivery over peppy electronics, Jackson, who records as Boule Goes Boing, invokes Laurie Anderson if she were narrating a children’s book. The effusive result manages to be at home both in a playroom and on the dance floor.
New MusicThrottling Transcendence and Intentional Unintelligibility in Liturgy’s "Origin of the Alimonies"
It was no coincidence that I spoke with Hunter Hunt-Hendrix about her latest Liturgy album, "Origin of the Alimonies", on the day of the Great Conjunction and the solstice. She felt that December 21 would set the tone perfectly for discussing her opera, and I am bound to agree.
New Music“Something To Hunt” Is A Microcosm of Ash Fure’s Musical Macrocosm
Something To Hunt gives a glimpse into what Ash Fure is striving for as a composer; she can hear her muscles flexing.
Deep DivesThe Great Silence In Osvaldo Golijov's "Falling Out Of Time" For Silkroad Ensemble
Osvaldo Golijov's Falling Out Of Time for Silkroad Ensemble is a masterpiece as intellectually stimulating as it is emotionally gripping. It cracks open how we experience time and how this experience is disrupted by grief and eventually dismantled by death.
InquiryTed Hearne & Saul Williams in "Place": Me, You, and The Difference Between
I spoke with Saul Williams and Ted Hearne separately about Place and this collaborative process and have created this piece in the spirit of that dialogue, allowing the reader to alternate between the perspectives of Williams and Hearne.
Deep DivesQuince Ensemble’s “love fail” Transcends Romantic Love
The subject matter of interconnectedness, communication, compassion, faith and love in "love fail" are mirrored in Quince’s experience of bringing the work to life.
New MusicMichael Gordon "Anonymous Man": Mourning for NYC in New Album
As the first track suggests, Anonymous Man is the tale of two. It is the tale of the man on the street and the man in his bed, two men who lived on Desbrosses St., the love story between Michael Gordon and Julia Wolfe, our true memories and those which we perceive to be true and more.
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